Singer-songwriter Brittney Elizabeth is bursting onto the music scene with her debut album, Breath In. In addition to gaining an increasing fan following, her heartfelt sound attracted the attention of MTV execs and her songs will be the soundtrack to some of the network's hottest shows, including the upcoming My Super Sweet 16,Engaged and Underage, and True Life, to name a few!

Recently, Brittney took the time to talk to Seventeen and gave us some exclusive info! For example, she ran into Lisa Loeb in line for coffee and said hello (Lisa's really sweet, Brittney said). She also had the chance to meet one of her biggest inspirations, Chris Carrabba from Dashboard Confessional.

"When I first got into acoustic music, he was the first one I heard," she explained.

Brittney credits her cousin with steering her away from a strict music diet of Backstreet Boys (we've all been there!).

Brittney also told us that she writes in her journal every day, and sometimes her entries become songs. You can tell when you listen to her music!

Check out some of her songs on her MySpace page and let us know what you think! Is Brittney about to make it big?